Sex differences in hospital mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery: Evidence for a higher mortality in younger women

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1176-1181

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a,b   Abramson, Jerome L ^a   Veledar, Emir ^a   Weintraub, William S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Mortality; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037066050     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc1002.105133     Document Type: Article

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